Statistics for Biology definitions

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Definition	Answer	% Correct
One of a number of alternative forms of a gene.	allele	78%
A thread like structure made of protein and DNA by which hereditary information is passed on.	chromosome	75%
Section of DNA on a chromosome coding for one or more polypeptides.	gene	65%
Possessing two different alleles of a gene	heterozygous	62%
Possessing two identical alleles of a gene	homozygous	62%
Observable features or characteristics of an organism.	phenotype	62%
Displayed even when only one present	dominant allele	28%
Only displayed when two of it are present.	recessive allele	28%
The stock of different genes in an interbreeding population	gene pool	27%
The (answer to question 1)s possesed by an organism	genotype	20%
The total number of an allele in a population divided by the total number of alleles at that particular locus in the same population	allele frequency	9%
Several different versions of code that affect characteristics	multiple allele	5%